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Re: Linux & Modems

Re: Linux & Modems

The simplest way to discover whether a modem works with Linux is to boot Linux. A Knoppix "live CD" is good for this. It will tell you if it finds a modem. I suspect that your friend has done this and it doesn't. The command dmseg | less will show what hardware has been detected.

There are lists of known to work, and known not to work modems. The linmodems site (I think, www.linmodems.org) is the first and best place to look. There are very good HOWTOs about all sorts of things, includuing modems. The Linux Documentation Project site (again, I think, www.ldp.org) has the latest versions.